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Revisions to Contributed Cataloging in a Cooperative Cataloging Database

Judith Hudson

Abstract

OCLC is the largest bibliographic utility in the United States. One of its greates tassets is its computerized database o fstandardized cataloging information. The database, which is built on the principle of shared cataloging, consists of cataloging records input from Library of Congress MARC tapes and records contributed by member libraries.